How to generate XML from an Excel VBA macro?

Question

So, I\'ve got a bunch of content that was delivered to us in the form of Excel spreadsheets. I need to take that content and push it into another system. The other system ta

Answer 1

You might like to consider ADO - a worksheet or range can be used as a table.

Const adOpenStatic = 3
Const adLockOptimistic = 3
Const adPersistXML = 1

Set cn = CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
Set rs = CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")

''It wuld probably be better to use the proper name, but this is
''convenient for notes
strFile = Workbooks(1).FullName

''Note HDR=Yes, so you can use the names in the first row of the set
''to refer to columns, note also that you will need a different connection
''string for >=2007
strCon = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=" & strFile _
        & ";Extended Properties=""Excel 8.0;HDR=Yes;IMEX=1"";"


cn.Open strCon
rs.Open "Select * from [Sheet1$]", cn, adOpenStatic, adLockOptimistic

If Not rs.EOF Then
    rs.MoveFirst
    rs.Save "C:\Docs\Table1.xml", adPersistXML
End If

rs.Close
cn.Close